Akbar is a Senior Assistant Director and Lead for the Academic Engagement Team at NTU Library. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of academic librarianship and was previously Head of the NTU Business Library. He also led the Library's Advisory and Consultation Team prior to his current appointment. Akbar provides coaching, advice and consultation in library faculty engagement work and copyright-related matters. His current work also requires him to focus on impact metrics and analysing how scholarly publishing trends are influencing research dissemination, collaboration and impact assessment within the academic community.
- Master of Arts in Librarianship, University of Sheffield, UK, 1989
- Bachelor of Accountancy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1986
Papers and Presentations
• Akbar Hakim (2019, May). (re-)Defining Advisory & Consultation. Pecha Kucha Presentation at 2019 Asia-Pacific Business School Librarians’ Group Meeting & Library Conference, INSEAD, Asia Campus, Singapore.
• Akbar Hakim Harun (2016, May). Professional Development and the Academic Business Librarian: A Knowledge-Competence Framework. Pecha Kucha Presentation at 2016 Joint ABLD/EBSLG/APBSLG Meeting, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
• Akbar Hakim (2014, March). Linking Academic Rigour with Industry Relevance. Presentation at NTU Libraries Academic Publishing 2014, NTU, Singapore.
• Akbar Hakim (2013, June). Let’s Have a Conversation…Let’s Talk Reference (a.k.a. Research Assistance)! Presentation at NTU Libraries Professional Development Session, NTU, Singapore.
• Akbar Hakim (2012, July). It’s not just about tours and talks: Business information literacy instructional programmes in NTU. Pecha Kucha Presentation at Information Literacy Seminar, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
• Akbar Hakim (2012, April). Finding ROI: Preliminary Findings from NTU Library LibQUAL+ 2012 Survey. Pecha Kucha Presentation at 2012 Joint ABLD/EBSLG/APBSLG Meeting, Stanford University, USA.
• Nurhazman Abdul Aziz, Akbar Hakim Harun, Catherine Tan & Alan Choy (2008, May). Innovative Library Web Marketing Practices in Singapore: A Landscape of Hype, Expectation and Reality. Paper presented at Library Association of Singapore Conference, Singapore. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6070.
• Akbar Hakim Harun (2007, May). reSearching Information Quest: An Online Information Literacy Programme for NTU Business Students. Presentation at Bazaar of Ideas, 2007 Joint ABLD/APBSLG/EBSLG Meeting, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
• Akbar Hakim Haji Harun (2006, September). Explore, Enrich, Excel! Engaging our business school students in information literacy programmes: NTU Library’s collaborative model. Presentation at 5th Asia-Pacific Business School Librarians’ Group Meeting, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, China.
• Akbar Hakim Haji Harun & Koh Ping Hoon, Jean (2006, April). Enhancing Students’ Learning and Research with NTU Library’s Innovative Information Literacy Programmes. Paper presented at Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP), Singapore. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106213.
• Ong, W., & Akbar, H. H. (2004, April). Identifying training needs: a survey of current practices and programs of member libraries. Paper presented at the 1st Meeting of the AUNILO Working Committee, Singapore.
• Wong-Yip, Chin Choo Jacqueline, & Akbar Hakim Harun (2003, October). Assessing learning outcomes of an undergraduate information literacy programme. Paper presented at 12th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians, Brunei Darussalam.
• Akbar Hakim (1989). Networking: Implications for Libraries. Singapore Libraries, 19, 15-24.
Dissertation
• Akbar Hakim Haji Harun (1988, September). A study of the provision for and use by library managers of management information from computer-based library systems in academic libraries. A study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Librarianship at the University of Sheffield. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41558.
